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Atlas Venture’s decision to shutter its London office after 15 years has dealt yet another blow to a battered industry

After sitting out most of last year, large and medium tech companies are looking to buy, particularly startups that can help with mobile or international strategies

Private equity real estate funds are on course to raise more than US$100bn in 2008 reports Private Equity Intelligence, the London-based data provider. In the opening quarter of 2008 alone, US$25bn has already been raised, with Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI becoming the largest fund of its type ever raised with US$10.9bn. It is an […]

Eleven-year-old Private Advisors has struck on a formula that's working so well, it’s going global with it.

As denizens of Silicon Valley, we know we can be more than a little myopic when it comes to venture capital. The following feature is the first in an occasional series that will explore VC as it is practiced in other locales, particularly those that one wouldn’t typically associate with venture. Our first effort takes […]

Venture capitalists, long accustomed to selling limited partner stakes to California’s largest retirement fund, can now get access to the pension giant’s deep pockets as a co-investor in VC deals. Starting this year, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) plans to invest directly alongside VCs through a dedicated fund focused on parts of the […]

Solar energy is back in vogue, with VCs doubling their investment in the sector last year.

For venture capitalists, waiting years for a promising portfolio company to mature is at worst an inconvenience. But for entrepreneurs—who commonly have all their assets tied up in a startup—that wait can be an exercise in extreme anxiety. Partners at San Francisco-based The Founders Fund believe they’ve come up with a way to alleviate that […]